Dead Zone?

[Bass Viking]

I’ve got a fretless EBMM Sterling 4H strung with TI flats. I played this same combo (different Sterling) for years with no issues. My new Sterling has very noticeable lack of sustain on low D on the G string. The strings are 9 months old with maybe 100 hours on them.


Does it make sense that the same note (the octave, not open D) played on the D string is fine?

I had a Warwick Corvette with a dead spot in the same location as yours. It was very noticeable. Changing strings didn't help, it was the bass.

I've also noticed the same note played elsewhere on the fretboard not being dead.

 

[Dissl]

I had a Warwick Corvette with a dead spot in the same location as yours. It was very noticeable. Changing strings didn't help, it was the bass.

I've also noticed the same note played elsewhere on the fretboard not being dead.

I do have a Corvette SE 2009 Fretless, it has a deadspot at D(b) on the G- string...

 

[tvbop]

The sticky weight thing sounds good but a dead spot can drive you nuts. My old 70 P bass had the deadest E string Ive ever encountered. Tried everything, even a different neck. Concluded the body wood was just dead. Marcis Miller recorded thousands of tunes with a dead spot on his jazz, says he just worked around it.

 

[Bass Viking]

I do have a Corvette SE 2009 Fretless, it has a deadspot at D(b) on the G- string...

Annoying isn’t it? Why can’t it be in some out of the way location?

 

[Dissl]

Annoying isn’t it? Why can’t it be in some out of the way location?

Especially on a fretless it is a no-go imo...

 

[Bass Viking]

Especially on a fretless it is a no-go imo...

Yes, you want to hear the mwah of the note.